Paneer Kulcha are the kulchas, which are stuffed with paneer and some spices. It can be served with any of the gravy based curries. It can be easily prepared at home. They are prepared in tandoor, the traditional way of cooking the Indian flat breads. It can also be prepared on tawa. Here, we have used tawa for making paneer kulchas.

Ingredients for making Paneer Kulcha

For making paneer kulcha, firstly we have to make the dough for kulcha and then the paneer stuff which is to be stuffed in kulchas. Instead of getting confused, we will make one by one rather than mixing both the methods of making kulchas and stuffing.

Ingredients for making Kulcha

1 cup Plain flour (Maida)

1 teaspoon fresh Yeast

1/2 teaspoon Salt

1 teaspoon Sugar

1 tablespoon Oil

Ingredients for making Stuff

1 teaspoon Oil

1 finely chopped Green chilli

1/2 cup Paneer (Cottage Cheese), crumbled

1/4 teaspoon Turmeric powder (Haldi)

1/3 teaspoon Kasuri Methi (dried fenugreek leaves)

Salt as per taste

Method for making Paneer Kulcha

Under this, we have again first the method for making kulcha and then the paneer stuff.

Method for making Kulcha

Take a bowl. Add plain flour, yeast, sugar, salt and oil.

Now knead into a soft dough, using sufficient water. Make it a smooth and elastic (6-7 minutes).

Cover the dough with a wet muslin cloth for nearly 15-20 minutes and observe that the volume of the dough gets double.

Now the dough is ready and before using it, press it lightly (to remove the air inside).